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Tower Heist'

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"Tower Heist," a film that was supposed to be a funny "Ocean's 11," had more potential than any other recent comedy. Helmed by "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner and featuring a star-studded cast, "Tower Heist" is the story of a group of luxury apartment building employees who lose their pensions in a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by one of the building's residents (Alan Alda).


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Growing up Potter

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 After I finished "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" fully immersed in Harry's world, I immediately began to seek out the second book. It proved a little harder than I imagined. Apparently every fifth grader in my school was on the waiting list at the library and my mother wanted to wait until Christmas to buy it for me. Christmas came early though, and the book was in my hands before any fifth grader had even reached chapter two.

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Tower Heist'

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"Tower Heist" tries to get laughs while creating a story in which the working-class underdogs triumph over the greedy Wall Street executive. It fails.


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Underground Rapper

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Things are about to get weird. Maybe not weird — Weird might be the wrong word. Let's go with unique. Things are about to get unique, as student favorite, Irish-heritage fanatic and undoubtedly unique underground rapper Macklemore and his partner Ryan Lewis come to campus Saturday at Legends.


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Asian Allure

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Lions, pandas and Pokémon, oh my! This Friday and Saturday get a taste of Asian culture with the annual Asian Allure show.





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ND grad returns to talk pop culture

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Fred Nelson, president of the People's Choice Awards and 1987 Notre Dame graduate, arrives at Notre Dame this week through the Film, Television and Theater Department to give a talk about what he has learned from movies, TV and music.


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Growing Up Potter

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I was seven when I climbed into the green rocking chair in our living room with Harry Potter's first adventure. I didn't enjoy reading much because my brother Craig, who trails me two years in age, had been reading longer and was much better at it. I liked to stick to the things I was better at, like coloring and handwriting, and Craig could have those inconsequential little skills like reading and math.


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LOST star William Mapother brings his new movie to campus

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Actor and Notre Dame alumnus William Mapother is bringing his latest film, "Another Earth," to the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Mapother plays a composer who crosses paths with a young girl (Brit Marling) after a tragic accident, which coincides with the discovery of another planet in the solar system that looks just like Earth. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, "Another Earth" has played in limited release throughout the United States.



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TV Takes on Horror

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Not sure what to spend your Halloween doing? Try catching up with FX's new hit show, "American Horror Story."


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The Top 20 Pop Culture Villains

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In honor of All Hallow's Eve, The Observer Scene Department has compiled a list of the 20 best pop culture bad guys. Many scare with their unworldly powers, others scare with their uncanny intelligence and others scare simply with a stare. Is your most fearsome villain missing from the list? Let us know in the comments section of the article at ndsmcobserver.com.